Loss-preventing device.



R. BARNES & O. M. DRAKE.

LOSS PREVENTING'DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 12. 1915.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Witnesses Attorneys ROBERT BARNES AND ORLEY M. DRAKEOF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

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:1 Specification. of Letters Patent. .Pa,tented Feb, 1916,

.- Application filed May 12,1915. Serial in. 27,682.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that we, RoBEn'r which the following is aspecification.

The structure forming the subject matter of this application is a loss preventing device, adapted to be assembled with a note book, a spectacle case or the like, for the purpose of holding such articles engaged with a garment pocket.

One object of the invention is to provide a structure of the sort above mentioned which will adequately reinforce the note book or other article against the pressure of a spring tongue whereby the device is held 'ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without'de-' parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 shows in elevation, a portion of the outer face of one cover of a note book, the loss 33 .of Fig. 1 parts appearing in elevation;

Fig. 4: is a view similar to Fig. 1, the book, however, having been turned into a hori- Zontal position.

Although the loss preventing device forming the subject matter of this application is BARNES and ORLEY M. DRAKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott, State of Iowa, have invented a newi and useful Loss Preventing Device, of

TATES A FFER I 1 adapted to be assembled with articles of 6 different sorts, it has been presupposed that the article to be retained is a note book compr slng a cover 1 and a cover-2, the hinge union between the covers being indicated at 3. 1 V The numeral 4 indicates the inner face of the cover 1 and the numeral 5 designates the outer face of the cover 1.

"In carrying out 'the present invention there is provided a spring tongue 6 compris-- ing an arch 7 a reduced neck'12 and, a connection 1n-=the form of a stud 9 disposed ap proxlmately at right anglesto the tongue.'

The stud 9 is threadedas'shown at 10, and the free end of the tongue 6 is flexed outwardly to form 'a guiding "fingerSQ j The invention comprises a backing strip 11 with which the threaded stud 9 is engaged. ,The tongue 6 and the backing strip 11 preferably are fashioned from metal. The strip 11 and the tongue 6 are of .ap-

proximately the same length and the ele-.

ments in question are held in alinement.

In practlcal operation, an opening 14 is fashioned in the cover 1, the stud 9 is inserted through the opening, and the strip 11 is threaded onto the stud, the strip and the tongue 6 lying in alinement. The strip 11 coacts with the rear or inner face 4 of the cover 1, and the tongue 6 cooperates with the outer face 5 of the cover 1." 'The stud 9 is of circular cross section so that it may rock in the openingll in the cover 1.

In practical operation, as will be understood readily, the book of which the cover 1 against the pressure of the spring tongue 6.

It has been pointed out hereinbefore that the stud 9 is mounted to rock in the opening 14 of the cover 1. Therefore, no matter how the hook is inserted into the garment pocket, the tongue 6 always stands vertically, so that it will engage properly with the upper edge of the garment pocket. In

this connection it is to be observed that the strip 11 Which is alined with the tongue 6 and swings therewith, acts as a counterweight securing the vertical positioning of the tongue 6. This operation will be understood clearly from Fig. 4. of the drawings,

wherein the book is shown as positioned horizontally, as might be the case if the book were to be inserted into the lower, watch pocket of a vest, as distinguished from the upper, pencil carrying pocket of the vest.

From-the foregoing it will be observed that no matter what the position of the book with respect to the vertical may be, the tongue 6 always hangs vertically and is in a position to engage with the upper edge of the garment pocket.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for spring tongue, a backing strip alined with ,2, the tongue, and an article piercing connection uniting the tongue with the strip, the connection being of circular cross section to permit the same to be article-journaled, whereby the backing strip will act as a 3 counterweight for the tongue and hold the latter in a vertical, depending position.

3. The combination with a pocket-carried article, of a pocket-engaging tongue journaled in the article; and a counterweight distinct from the tongue and assembled with the tongue, the counterweight constituting a means for holding the tongue vertical, ir-

respective of the position of the article with respect to the vertical.

In testimony that e claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT BARNES.

ORLEY M. DRAKE. Witnesses: 1

WILLIAM P. ERDELL, JAMES A. HERSHEY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

